More lovingly known by her community as Meemaw, Elise Stevens runs a salary-based restaurant in Union, Oregon, fueled by her faith, where she feeds hundreds of food each week.
“Children are not expected to pay, adults are expected to pay what they can really afford,” Stevens said. Fox News Digital.
“I don't have any other sources of income… God made it very clear that we only do this ministry. This is more of a ministry than a restaurant.” Meemaws Hometown Kitchen continuation.
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Elise Stevens, also known as Meemaw, runs a restaurant that does what it does to help hundreds of people eat each week in Oregon. (Instagram: @meemawshometownkitchen)
Stephens, who donated all of the social media revenue he earned to restaurants, opened the location last June. Her story and how she arrived here returns to a very abusive relationship She ran away nearly 20 years ago.
“I was hostage for five months while pregnant with my oldest daughter. I gave birth in captivity and when she was three weeks old, I was captured and met my husband,” Meemaw said. “I had to put my safety into my own hands, so I jokingly asked him if he was my bodyguard. Just a few weeks later, we got married.
Her mother maintained such positivity as she strived daily to “live like Jesus” by “studying spiritual warfare.”
“I was angry with God for what religion taught me… I stopped being angry. I began to forgive, and by doing so I started to find myself again,” she said.
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Elise Steves, also known as Meemaw, hopes to expand her restaurant to continue to feed those in need across the United States. (Instagram)
In late 2023, Stephens claimed he told her he “heard God.”
“Within a few weeks, the sourdough bread came out of my ears. I made my own starter. I made everything myself. I handed over the sourdough bread to everyone in town and started selling bagels from home.
Lasr April, Stevens said that God told her to open the restaurant again. Her husband Derek was first shot down, reminding them that they “has no money.”
“God will provide,” replied Meemaw.
The food spot owner claims that a woman from the community handed her a $5,000 check and opened the restaurant within a month.
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Elise Stevens and her family have been running a restaurant that managed to manage in Oregon, Oregon since June 2024. (Instagram: @)
Stevens says she cooks 30 to 80 meals a day for free, but is often asked how her restaurant is funded to continue eating many people.
“I earn money from social media. [an] The proceeds that tell my story to different stores, different regions, and all forms of money that make from my stories will go to my restaurants,” she said.
Stevens said, “I don't do this for fame, I literally give God all the glory. This is God's restaurant, this is God's way, and God's guided.
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